Tragedies

Excerpt from Tragedies
The Two Gardeners.
Two Gardeners once beneath an oak
Lay down to rest, when Jack thus spoke--.
"You must confess, dear Will, that Nature
"Is but a blund'ring kind of creature;
"And I - nay, why that look of terror?
"Could teach her how to mend her error."
"Your talk, quoth Will, "is bold and odd;"
"What you call Nature, I call God."
"Well, call him by what name you will,"
Quoth Jack "he manages but ill;
"Nay, from the very tree we're under,"
"Ill prove that Providence can blunder."
Quoth Will, "Through thick and thin you dash,
"I shudder, Jack, at words so rash;
"I trust to what the Scriptures tell,
"He hath done always all things well."
Quoth Jack, "I'm lately grown a wit,
"And think all good a lucky hit.
"To prove that Providence can err,
"Not words, but facts, the truth aver.
"Then view that acron's paltry seize;
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